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	<title>The Akilah Institute for Women</title>
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		<title>Our Wonderful Tutors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mary Powell &#8211; Lead Instructor This week marks the end of an exciting summer session! We have had several visitors teaching students about small business finance, first-aid, and food and beverage service. We are all sad to see the session end, but the saddest part is that we must say good-bye to our three incredible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Council for Peace</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/07/business-council-for-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Kleiman &#8211; Media and Marketing Last month, three members of the Business Council for Peace spoke to Akilah students about what it takes to succeed as a business woman. Here’s what they said.]]></description>
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		<title>Africa United</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/07/africa-united/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monique Schmidt &#8211; Program Director The World Cup has just ended, and so nights in Kigali will become quiet again. In Africa, a big theme of the event focused on unity: Africa United. It wasn’t just one country on a solo quest hoping to win, the whole continent had sights set on victory, anyone’s victory. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Different Voice</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/07/a-different-voice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monique Schmidt, Program Director At Akilah, we emphasize women’s empowerment. Our instructors teach about women leaders. Our class skits focus on women’s rights. We read poems about strong women. We create songs about independent women.  We reinforce positive characteristics of women every day: strong, independent, smart, capable, brave, hospitable. We believe in women. It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naming the Akilah Classrooms</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/07/naming-the-akilah-classrooms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Davis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Irene Kagoya]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Irene Kagoya, Leadership &#38; Ethics Instructor The art of naming is not easy- even deciding a name for your own child can be quite challenging. Choosing a name is almost like deciding a destiny for that thing or person. Last week the Akilah students were tasked with choosing names for our three classrooms. Students started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Hotel Akilah&#8221; and the Human Rights Tree</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/07/hotel-akilah-and-the-human-rights-tree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Melissa Cushman, Guest Speaker from Colombia Teachers College During the first activity of our week-long unit on human rights, I realized the young women of Akilah are definitely not afraid to use their voices to confront the challenges in their communities. The students were given the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to read as homework [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Akilah on Next Billion</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/06/akilah-on-next-billion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to Bryan Farris for writing about Akilah on NextBillion! Read the full interview. NextBillion.net: What is interesting to me is that you don&#8217;t just provide a crash course training in hospitality skills. Instead you provide a more tailored learning experience that focuses on the whole person. Can you speak to that? Elizabeth Dearborn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women &amp; Wine in Tampa</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/06/women-wine-in-tampa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akilah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to the women of Tampa Bay who attended Women &#38; Wine on Tuesday, June 22! The event was a great way for us to reconnect with existing supporters and celebrate the successful end of Akilah’s first semester! Over 90 women attended the event. Special thanks to Malanie Knight for opening her home to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elizabeth&#8217;s interview on Daytime TV</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/06/elizabeths-interview-on-daytime-tv/</link>
		<comments>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/06/elizabeths-interview-on-daytime-tv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Davis</dc:creator>
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		<title>Minding Her Manors</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/06/3115/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foundation Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Powell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mary Powell &#8211; Lead Instructor We have all been gearing up for an exciting summer on campus, but didn’t realize that this summer would be a time for our students to begin to blossom outside of Akilah, too! Last month, four of our students were offered positions at The Manor, a boutique hotel that has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership &amp; Presentations &#8211; The Critique (PART II)</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/06/leadership-and-ethics-presentations-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/06/leadership-and-ethics-presentations-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Davis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Kleiman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Kleiman &#8211; Instructor Several weeks ago, each student delivered a speech about her vision for the future to practice speaking before an audience.  The following week, the students watched and critiqued their speeches.  Here&#8217;s what happened.]]></description>
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		<title>Back in Action</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/06/back-in-action/</link>
		<comments>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/06/back-in-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Irene Kagoya &#8211; Leadership and Ethics Instructor It is exhilarating to be at Akilah again after our three-week break. It has been a refreshing break and definitely has energized us to go through the summer. There are lots of thrilling activities and projects that we have prepared for our students this summer.  Our summer session [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Loving</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/06/summer-loving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monique Schmidt &#8211; Program Director In an atmosphere of glee, Akilah has started its summer session. Students shouted to friends they hadn’t seen in 3 weeks and hugged staff who had returned from travels.  We are also quite fortunate to welcome three new tutors who will work intensively with our students on English. Nina hails [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Are The Teachers</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/06/who-are-the-teachers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monique Schmidt &#8211; Program Director As the rainy season begins to taper off, Akilah starts summer break. We have three weeks off before we start our summer session. For staff, the break provides a welcome time to rest, but it also means we haven’t seen our students since the end of May. That feels weird. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elizabeth Debuts on Daytime!</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/06/elizabeth-debuts-on-daytime/</link>
		<comments>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/06/elizabeth-debuts-on-daytime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akilah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch Daytime TV on Monday, June 14th to see Elizabeth speak about Akilah!]]></description>
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		<title>Gorillas In My Viewfinder</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/06/gorillas-in-my-viewfinder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Kleiman &#8211; Health and Nutrition Instructor There are moments when you look through the viewfinder of your video camera and know you are capturing magic. I had many of these moments last week. Thanks to the generous efforts of Ged Caddick with Terra Incognita EcoTours, twenty Akilah student had the opportunity last week to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Akilah Ranked as Top-Rated Women&#8217;s Empowerment Nonprofit!</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/06/akilah-ranked-as-top-rated-womens-empowerment-nonprofit/</link>
		<comments>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/06/akilah-ranked-as-top-rated-womens-empowerment-nonprofit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akilah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Akilah was selected as a Top-Rated Women’s Empowerment Nonprofit! Read our reviews. &#8220;Akilah is not just about studying, but also about discovering who we are and this will help me be an exemplary leader.&#8221; -Valentine Kamayana, Akilah student &#8220;I had no dreams before Akilah because of financial problems. Now I am getting a good education [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Women &amp; Wine&#8221; Tampa, June 22</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/06/2962/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join the Akilah team in South Tampa! On Tuesday, June 22 please attend &#8220;Women &#38; Wine&#8221;, an evening for Tampa women to learn more about Akilah. Tuesday, June 22 6-8 pm At the home of Malanie Knight 2900 Wallcraft Street, Tampa FL 33611 See this location on Google Maps]]></description>
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		<title>A Big Hurray for the End of Semester One!</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/05/a-big-hurray-for-the-end-of-semester-one/</link>
		<comments>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/05/a-big-hurray-for-the-end-of-semester-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 16:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Irene Kagoya &#8211; Leadership and Ethics Instructor It all started out like a complicated journey, and I was not sure I would reach the end. Today I believe more than ever that this journey has been worth every bit of my energy. The first four months of this journey took a lot of determination and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership &amp; Ethics Presentations</title>
		<link>http://akilahinstitute.org/2010/05/leadership-ethics-presentations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 07:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Kleiman &#8211; Health and Nutrition Instructor I know I&#8217;ll be in trouble when she finally reads this.  Irene has told me before that she is not good at receiving compliments, especially in public.  But I can&#8217;t resist and I won&#8217;t. I&#8217;ve always known that Irene is a strong teacher. But last week I got [...]]]></description>
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